Private John I Dailey
Private John Dailey, 38, Killed on Western Front
Private First Class John I. Dailey, 38-year-old army infantryman was killed in action in Germany on Dec. 21, according to word received last night by his wife, Mrs. Nina Dailey, 1201 South Nineteenth street.
St. Joseph Gazette (St. Joseph, MO) 5 Jan 1945, pge 2
Prior to his induction on July 9, 1943, Private Dailey was employed as rural paper carrier for The Gazette and News-Press and maintained the route in the vicinity of Sabetha, Kan. He was inducted at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and was sent to Camp Hahn, Cal, for basic training.
News of Men and Women in Uniform
Former Gazette Carrier Was Killed in Action
Pvt. John Dailey, Brother of Mrs. Mabel Hutchinson
St. Joseph papers carried news Friday of the death of John Dailey, Pfc. in the U.S. Army, in action, December 21 in Germany. Word was received by his wife, Thursday night at her home in St. Joseph.
The Courier Tribune (Seneca, KS) 8 Jan 1945, page 1
The Gazette stated that before his induction in July 1943, Dailey was employed as rural paper carrier for the Gazette and News-Press and maintained the route in the vicinity of Sabetha and Bern. He went overseas in October. Besides his wife he is survived by his mother and a brother of Arkansas and two sisters, one of whom is Mrs. Mabel Hutchinson, Seneca.
Private John Dailey, 38, Infantryman, Killed; Was Bethany Youth
Entered Service from St. Joseph Where wife, the Former Nina Williams, Survives — Mother in Arkansas
St. Joseph newspapers of Friday reported the death in action Dec. 21 in Germany of Pvt. John Dailey, 38 years old, of that city, whose youth and younger manhood were spent in the Bethany community.
Bethany Republican-Clipper (Bethany, Missouri) 10 Jan 1945, page 1
His wife, the former Miss Nina Williams, daughter of MR. and Mrs. Fletcher Williams, was reared here by her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Chester bacon, sr., and she was known to many as Nina Bacon. She now lives at 1201 South 19th street, St. Joseph.
Pvt. Daily was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charley Dailey, who removed from here to Beloit, Kan., and who also lived at Sabetha, Kan., before going to south Missouri, where Charley died. The mother, Minnie Dailey, now resides at Green Forest, Ark. A brother, Edward, also survives there and two surviving sisters are Mrs. Edith Dodd of Beloit, Kan, and Mrs. Mabel Hutchinson of Seneca, Kan.
At the time Pvt Daily, an infantryman, was inducted July 9, 1943, he was a rural newspaper carrier for the St. Joseph News-Press and Gazette. He visited relatives and others at Bethany shortly before his induction, while he was awaiting his call.
The Daily family lived both east of Bethany and northeast of here, in the Lorraine neighborhood, when John Dailey was a boy and young man.
Men in the Service
John Dailey Dies in Germany
Private First Class John I. Dailey, 38-year-old army infantryman, was killed in action in Germany on December 21, according to word received by is wife, Mrs. Nina Dailey of St. Joseph.
The Sabetha Herald (Sabetha, Kansas) 10 Jan 1945, page 1
Prior to his induction on July 9, 1943, Private Daily was employed as rural paper carrier for the Gazette and News-Press and maintained the route in the vicinity of Sabetha. He was inducted at Fort Leavenworth, and was sent to Camp Hahn, Calif. for basic training.
In Sabetha, Mr. and Mrs. Dailey lived in the former Williamson house on the corer of 7th and Virginia streets just before leaving here. Previous to that they lived in one of the Hook cottages. Mrs. Dailey phoned Albert Miller at the Standard Station telling him of the news she received from the government.
John I. Dailey is buried in the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial in Belgium. His Find a Grave record provides information about his military service.
John I. Dailey
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55904095/john-i-dailey
Private, U.S. Army
Service # 37533185
309th Infantry Regiment, 78th Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: Kansas
Died: 21-Dec-44
Buried at: Plot A Row 5 Grave 31
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery
Henri-Chapelle, Belgium
Awards: Purple Heart
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NARA records list this soldiers Home of Record as Nemaha County, Kansas…Killed In Action.
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